We hope you enjoy this re-post from December 29, 2014. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. – Proverbs 24:10, KJV

Philippians 2:13 teaches us that the will and the power to live the victorious Christian life doesn’t come from us; it comes from God. However, the choice to access God’s power so that we can persevere is ours. If we allow circumstances to squelch our determination to access God’s power, our strength is small. If, however, we set our minds to tap into the power of God – not matter what – we will prevail.

I have no idea if Judge Richard Bernstein is a Christian. His story proves, however, that the choice to succumb or to persevere starts with us. According to the December 28, 2014 article Blind Judge Makes History, Joins Michigan’s Supreme Court

Richard Bernstein officially joins the Michigan Supreme Court in a few days. But he’s been working off the clock since November, preparing for 10 cases in an extraordinary way – memorizing the key points of every brief read to him by an aide.

Bernstein, 41, has been blind since birth. After winning the election, an assistant at his family’s Detroit-area law firm began reading briefs to him for mid-January arguments…

“It would be much easier if I could read and write like everyone else, but that’s not how I was created,” Bernstein said. “No question, it requires a lot more work, but the flip side is it requires you to operate at the highest level of preparedness. … This is what I’ve done my entire life. This goes all the way back to grade school for me.”

Indeed, Bernstein’s remarkable background undoubtedly appealed to voters. He has run more than 15 marathons, and in 2008 completed a triathlon by riding a bike 112 miles, running 26.2 miles and swimming 2.4 miles with the help of guides. In 2012, he made headlines in New York City after being struck by a speeding bicyclist while running in Central Park, a collision that put him in a hospital for weeks.

Bernstein could have allowed his blindness to relegate him to a mediocre life – one with little or no impact on the world around him. Instead, he has used his condition to fuel the fire of ambition; ambition, that is, to be the best he can be. No matter what our shortcomings, we have the same choice to make. We can allow circumstance to minimize our impact for Christ. Or, we can use it to fuel our ambition to be the best we can be, for God’s glory, in everything we do.

What do you choose?